TITANIUM 979 
 
Table 4.—Components of U.S. titanium metal supply and demand —.~ontinued

(Short tons) 
Component 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 
Reported consumption: 
 Spongee 31,599 17,328 16,072 24,713 21,606 
 &rape 14,795 8,528 10,467 15,549 14,720 
 Ingot r43,795 27,580 26,232 39,062 37,174 
 Millproducts(netsh~pments)4 25,492 18,281 15,949 22,808 23,253 
 Castings(shipments) 209 260 240 268 411 
 
 eRetima~ rRev~~ 
 
 ' Calculated sponge metal production equals sponge consumption minus sponge
imports plus sponge exports and ad~ustments for Government and industry stock
changes. 
 Excludes sponge imported by the General ServicesAdministration (GSA) for
the national stockpile. 
 ' Data may not add to totals shown because of independent rounding. 
 4Bureau of the Census, Current Industrial Reports,Ser. DIB-991 and ITA-991.

 
 
 
 
Table 5.—Capacities of U.S. titanium dioxide pigment plants on
December
31, 1985 
 
Pigment capacity (short tons per year) 
Company and plant location 
 Sulfate process Chloride process 
 
E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co. Inc.: 
  Antioch,CA -- 35,000 
  DeLisle,MS -- 150,000 
  EdgeMoor,DE -- 110,000 
  NewJohnsonville,TN -- 228,000 
Kemira Inc., Savannah, GA 64,000 46,000 
Kerr-McGeeChemicalCorp., Hamilton, MS -- 63,000 
SCM Corp., Glidden Pigments Group: 
  Ashtabula,OH -- 98,000 
  Baltimore,MD 66,000 50,000 
 Total 130,000 780,000 
 
 
 
 
Table 6.—Components of U.S. titanium dioxide pigment supply and
demand

(Short tons unless otherwise specified) 
 1981 1982 1983 - 1984 1985 
 Component (oss (gross G~ ¶rio, Gross Ti02 Gross TiO, 
  weight) weight) weight content weight content weight content 
Production 761,190 659,710 760,385 707,158 T334,889 r777,031 848,627 788,961

Shipments:1 
  Quantity 778,116 707,075 813,958 762,818 905,383 844,901 950,637 884,758

  Value 
     thousands_  $947,831 $927,517 $950,515 $950,515 $1,106,898 $1,106,898
$1,275,131 $1,275,131 
Exports 61,104 72,823 91,702 83,372 106,124 96,740 101,954 92,434 
Imports for consump 
 tion 124,906 138,922 174,857 *162,600 193,501 ~180,091 196,213 182,417 
Stocks, yearend — —  102,189 86,933 77,465 e72,035 83,533
e77,744
56,756 53,765 
Consumption, 
 apparent2 806,040 741,065 853,008 e791,816 r916,198 ~8s4,673 969,663 902,923

 
eEstimated ~Revised. 
 
 ' Includes interplant transfers. 
 
 ' Apparent consumption equals production plus imports minus exports minus
stock increase. 
 
 Sources: Bureau of the Census and Bureau of Mines. 
 
 
 
CONSUMPTION AND USES 
 
 Concentrates.—The total domestic con- MetaL—Demand for
titanium
was relasumption of titanium in concentrates in- tively soft for both aerospace
and other creased about 2%. Slight decreases in con- industrial applications,
and consumption of sumption of ilmenite and rutile were more sponge and ingot
decreased, although net than offset by a 25% increase in titanium mill product
shipments were up slightly. slag consumption. Mill product shipments were
55% in the